Photo: Ministry of Education Education policy Two Easy Solutions and One Hard Question from the 2026 Sorø Meeting Impressions from the 2026 Sorø Meeting, where the education sector convened around AI. On the rapid-response package, technological literacy, and the tough question: What do we want school to be for? Per Størup Lauridsen • 8 min read
Education policy What the government's policy platform says about artificial intelligence in schools The government's policy platform promises a strategy for AI across the entire education sector. That's a genuine step forward. But the decisive question is what it will actually focus on. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Illustration: Midjourney OpenAI OpenAI's education strategy - what we must not repeat from social media OpenAI has launched a new framework to measure learning. But behind the pedagogical terminology is a familiar social-media logic that threatens to take over the definition of good education. Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
AI reports New EVA report: Nine out of ten use AI. Two-thirds have cheated. And we hardly teach them about it. A new report from the Danish Evaluation Institute presents the most detailed picture to date of high school students' AI use. The numbers are unequivocal, and they should have consequences. Per Størup Lauridsen • 6 min read
Illustration: ChatGPT Leadership New mini-guide to help schools use AI legally A new mini-guide from STIL makes it easier for schools to assess whether an AI solution is legal. Per Størup Lauridsen • 2 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Education policy New TALIS Report: How Teachers Use Artificial Intelligence A new TALIS report provides insight into the use of artificial intelligence in primary and lower secondary schools and in upper secondary education, and points to an urgent need for professional development. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Education policy Exams after ChatGPT: Part 1 - When cheating becomes too easy How should we assess students in a digital reality where artificial intelligence has become an integral part of everyday life, including during exams? This is the first part of a series on an exam system under pressure, and why we should rethink the entire way we test students. Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Danish Agency for IT and Learning Guidance on the legal use of artificial intelligence for educational institutions This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. Styrelsen for IT og Læring (the Danish Agency for IT and Learning) has just published its Per Størup Lauridsen • 2 min read
Newsletters This Week's News: Massive EU push for AI infrastructure, education, and regulation The EU is making a massive push on AI, investing in infrastructure, education, and regulation. Read about what the plan means for schools, social services, the labor market, and the climate - from AI gigafactories to Trump's coal plans. Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Education policy AI in academic advising: A critical analysis of Alex Ahrendtsen's proposal DF's Alex Ahrendtsen proposes using AI in academic advising on the new EPX program. We point out, however, that AI-based advising is classified as high-risk by the EU and cannot replace the human relationship in academic advising. Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
AI agents As AI agents enter schools: Opportunities and challenges in the digital classroom AI agents are changing how we interact with technology and open up both opportunities and challenges in education. In this article, I share examples of how students can use these agents and discuss the key questions schools should be asking right now. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Newsletters This week's news: AI as a tool, a challenge, and a culture-bearer This week's newsletter highlights the tension between traditional methods and new technologies. Tesfaye defends the use of pen and paper, while several school leaders see great potential in AI. We also take a closer look at AI as a language partner, a theatre production, and a democratic challenge. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
High school New EVA report: How do we assess subject mastery in the AI age? A new report from EVA explores how upper secondary schools can rethink assessment practices in an era shaped by generative AI. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Newsletters This Week's News: Women Lag Behind in AI This week's newsletter covers, among other topics, SkoleGPT facing criticism for problematic answers, the fact that only a third of Danish school students receive AI instruction, warnings about gender differences in technology use, and how AI is challenging traditional assessment methods in the… Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Informatics Shared Knowledge and Philosophy of Science: Challenges in an Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence As generative artificial intelligence, powered by large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Copilot, becomes an increasingly integrated part of everyday life in educational institutions Claus Scheuer-Larsen • 9 min read
Education policy DA’s exaggerated promises about generative AI in education This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. After reading Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening’s (the Confederation of Danish Employers, DA) report on the potential of Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
Education policy Artificial intelligence and grading in high school: opportunities and pitfalls In a new bachelor's project from Aalborg University, three students have focused on using artificial intelligence in grading at upper secondary schools. In a debate article in Politiken (behind a paywall), they describe how they carried out an experiment in which 119 secondary school teachers had to assess Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Newsletters News of the week: Spot AI-generated content This week's newsletter focuses on a new guide from TjekDet.dk, which can be used to help recognize content written by artificial intelligence. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has conducted a privacy survey among 1,500 people, and more attention is needed to protect students' information. Meta Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Newsletters This week's news: Dangerous and incorrect answers from Google's AI This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. In this newsletter, we have selected a number of stories from the past week — a short Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Newsletters This Week's News: Expert Group's Recommendations Published This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. This week we focus on the recommendations from Tesfaye's expert group on ChatGPT and Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
Education policy Analysis: How does AI affect the work of teachers? Together with researchers from the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) at the University of Copenhagen, Statistics Denmark has published an analysis in which they have examined how large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT affect the Danish labor market. In this article, I will briefly introduce the most Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Education policy Analysis: How does AI affect teachers' work? This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. Danmarks Statistik (Statistics Denmark) has, together with researchers from the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Education policy Who will take responsibility? Many educational questions arise with the explosive development of systems using generative artificial intelligence. The question of who will take responsibility for implementing and managing AI in schools is pressing. But do we need to act? Should we wait and see? And last but not least, who will take responsibility? Malte von Sehested • 5 min read
Ethics Ethical Aspects of Chatbots in Education - ChatGPT in Learning Resources In a previous article, we predicted that the major publishers in Denmark could easily train their artificial intelligence on their books. Thus, teachers and students could chat along with the book. This is now a reality, as Praxis has just implemented a ChatGPT in their e-book for the subject Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Education policy Hearing at Christiansborg: The importance of AI for our work and professionalism We have just presented at Christiansborg about: "ChatGPT - what does it mean for teaching and exams?". The hearing was organized by the European Movement, the Academics and the ADD project. In our presentation, we took our starting point in the many inputs we have received during visits to Per Størup Lauridsen • 2 min read
Education policy BETT 2023: UK Education Secretary wants AI into schools In the opening speech at Bett, the British Secretary of State for Education, Gillian Keegan, spoke of all UK schools raising their standards in technology, including improving Internet connections and WiFi across the country. Then, she talked about artificial intelligence and its role in the future of education. She called Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
